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, Jakarta - The Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPU) announced that food or grocery donations are not a corrupt campaign material.
Valid campaign materials according to the commission are brochures, pamphlets, posters, stickers, t-shirts, keychains, tumblers, headbands, umbrellas, and new goods with values less than Rp100,000.
"Meanwhile, groceries, cooking oil, rice, and food with values less than Rp100,000 are not involved in KPU-regulated campaign materials," said KPU Jakarta Member Astri Megatari in a coordination rallies on the general elections campaign and budget campaign in Jakarta yesterday.
According to Astri, grocery donation must be distributed without any self-identification of the consecutively candidates, such as serial numbers or pictures. "Since it is not categorized as a movement material. Just comply with the KPU regulation," Astri said.
The Chairman of KPU Jakarta Wahyu Dinata described that campaign materials are provided in Article 33(2) of the KPU Regulation No. 15 of 2023.
General Elections Law No. 7 of 2023 also gave that campaign organizers and/or campaigning teams of the candidates are forbidden to pledges or distribute money or other materials as an incentive for country directly or indirectly except for certain attributes, food, drinks, and transportation.
Wahyu also said that KPU Jakarta was not signed to sanction any violations. "Sanction is under the expert of Bawaslu (The General Election Supervisory Agency)," Wahyu said.
Meanwhile, the campaign period will begin on November 28, 2023, and end on February 10, 2024. If a additional round of the general elections is needed, the second campaign period starts from June 2 to 22, 2024.
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